Burundi Military 2009, CIA World Factbook




Burundi Military 2009 http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/burundi/burundi_military.html SOURCE: 2009 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Military branches:
National Defense Force (Forces de Defense Nationales, FDN): Army (includes Naval Detachment and Air Wing), Gendarmerie (2008)

Military service age and obligation:
16 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; children as young as 10 years of age have been conscripted into the armed forces; the enrollment of children is still not prohibited (2007)

Manpower available for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,878,544
females age 16-49: 1,851,676 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:
males age 16-49: 1,124,072
females age 16-49: 1,102,729 (2009 est.)

Manpower reaching military service age annually:
male: 101,402
female: 101,897 (2009 est.)

Military expenditures:
5.9% of GDP (2006 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Burundi on this page is re-published from the 2009 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burundi Military 2009 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burundi Military 2009 should be addressed to the CIA.

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